Darner.



A. M. WINTER.

DARNER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I2. 1915.

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DAENER Specification of Letters Itiatent.

Patented Fdtlilh l5, E9316.

Application filed March 12, 1915. Serial Ho. ice-ea To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known-that, l, Anroinnrrn M. Wm- TER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Butte,'in the county ofSilverbow and StateofMontana, have .invented new and useful Improvements in Darners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

the two-fold purpose of darning either clothes or hosiery in an easy andconvenient manner.

A further object of the invention is the provis'on of a darner of thischaracter which is simple in construction, neat in appearance readilyand easily adjusted, strong,

durable, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of-pants as will behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing,and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a darner constructed inaccordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 ofFig. .1. Fig. d is a sectional view on the line H of Fig. l.

Similar reference charactersindicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in has, illedarner comprises a substantiallyegg-shaped body 5'whichis designed for a dancing ball to he used indarning hosiery, and integralor fixed to the smaller end of the saidbody is a stem or arm 6 which slightly tapers toward its free end toserve as a handle for the body '5 or a spreader arm for the finger of aglove, and is adapted to coiiperate with a hollow or channeled arm 7which carries a bowl 8, the same being shaped correspond ingly toone-half of the body 5 and is adapted to coiiperate therewith to varythe size of the same when used for darning difierent sizes of hosiery,while the members 6 and 7 I areadapted for use in stitching or darningthe fingers of gloves. Passed throughthe arms 7 contiguous to the bowl 8is an-adjusting screw 9, the same being also passed through the stern orarm 6 and has threaded thereon a nut 10 which is countersunk within thesaid arm 6, the screw 9 being formed with an externally 'lmurled'head 11so that it can be readily turned for the adjustmentthereof. Arrangedbetween the arms 6 and 7 is a bowed leaf spring 12, the ends of whichact against the arms 7 and the bowl 8 so that on the looseningof thescrew!) the parts of the darner will be separated for expanding the sameto properly fit hosiery or the fingers of gloves of larger sizes topermit theneat repairing thereof by thestitchg or darning of the same inthe .usual well-known manner.

in the use of the darner for gloves, the

arms 6 and 7 are inserted in the finger to I be repaired of the glove,and on pressing upon the body-5 and the bowl 8 the said arms will bespread apart under the tension of the spring 12 for the stretching ofthe finger of the glove, and thereby permit the neat darning orstitching of the same. Now, in the use of the darner for hosiery, thescrew 9 is adjusted so that the body 5 and the bowl 8 will afiordtheproper area to fit within the hosiery so as to stretch or hold theportion thereof to be darned taut, and the darning or stitching of thesame is executed in the usual well-known manner. 7

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction and manner of operation of thedevice will he clearly understood, and therefore a more extendedexplanation has been omitted.

what is claimed i s:-

A darner comprising asuhstantially eggshaped hodyhaving an outwardlytapered arm'integrally formed with thesmaller end thereof, said armbeing provided with a. cutaway portion adjacent to the smaller end ofthe body to provide a flat surface. an inwardly arched spring fixedmedially there of to the fiat surface, achanneled arm having a bowl, thesaid arm and bowl being cor respondinglv shaped to substantially onehalf of the first-named arm and-body respectively to receive the same, anut emhedded in the firstnamed arm, and a headed set screw passedthrough both of said arms and spring and adjustably engaged in the nutto resist the action of the said spring for the bringing of thefirst-named arm and body and the second named arm and bowl toward eachother.

, In testimon whereof I afix my signature 7 SAM. L. Wm'nm, A. STEINBERG.

